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Seventh Son

5.5

Released December 12, 2014Runtime 1h 42min

When darkness falls, the son will rise.

John Gregory, who is a seventh son of a seventh son and also the local spook, has protected the country from witches, boggarts, ghouls and all manner of things that go bump in the night. However John is not young anymore, and has been seeking an apprentice to carry on his trade. Most have failed to survive. The last hope is a young farmer's son named Thomas Ward. Will he survive the training to become the spook that so many others couldn't?

Genres

Adventure

Fantasy

Production Companies

Legendary Pictures

Thunder Road

Moving Picture Company

Pendle Mountain Productions

China Film Group Corporation

Wigram Productions

Outlaw Sinema

Production Countries

China

Canada

United States of America

United Kingdom

Finances

Budget: $95,000,000
Revenue: $114,178,613
Profit/Loss: $19,178,613

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Cast

Jeff BridgesMaster John Gregory

Julianne MooreMother Malkin

Ben BarnesTom Ward

Alicia VikanderAlice Deane

John DeSantisTusk - Zanna

Kit HaringtonWilliam "Billy" Bradley

Djimon HounsouRadu

Olivia WilliamsMam Ward

Antje TraueBony Lizzie

Jason Scott LeeUrag

David CubittRogue Knight

Eric KeenleysideOld Guard

Thai-Hoa LeFisherman

Carmel AmitMember of Mob

Gerard PlunkettPrelate

Jim ShieldLeader Soldier

Timothy WebberMalcom Ward

Julian Black AntelopeTomb Robber (uncredited)

Luc RoderiqueStrix

Sean CareySoldier (uncredited)

Fraser AitchesonGrave Robber (uncredited)

Zahf ParooVirahadra

Loyd CatlettGrave-robber (uncredited)

Primo AllonSimon Ward

Lilah FitzgeraldCate Ward

Taya ClyneLittle Girl

Faustino Di BaudaInnkeeper (uncredited)

Billy WickmanYoung Guard

Marcel BridgesJack Ward

Yaroslav PoverloHead Counselor

Isabelle LandryPriest's Wife

Jason AsuncionMongolian (uncredited)

Joanne BentleyNoblewoman (uncredited)

Brenda McDonaldTimeless Hag (uncredited)

John Andrew VaasCavalier (uncredited)

Thomas DuPontYoung Gregory

Candice May LangloisMother with Infant

Simon BurnettBoldmere

Fabin WoodcockMob Member

Bill CroftFatman

Ryan RobbinsBarkeep

John NovakPriest

Libby OslerEllie Ward

Crew

Sergei BodrovDirector

Kimi WebberScript Supervisor

Earendil McNayScript Supervisor

Joseph DelaneyNovel

Matt GreenbergScreenplay

Charles LeavittScreenplay

Steven KnightScreenplay

Maguy R. CohenExecutive Producer

Martin CohenAssociate Producer

Alysia CotterExecutive Producer

Louis FerraraAssociate Producer

Basil IwanykProducer

Jon JashniExecutive Producer

Jillian ShareCo-Producer

Thomas TullProducer

Lionel WigramProducer

Heike BrandstatterCasting

Amanda MackeyCasting

Coreen MayrsCasting

Brent O'ConnorExecutive Producer

Kate CaldwellCasting Associate

Jandiz EstradaCasting Associate

Susanne ScheelCasting Assistant

Cera ZieglerCasting Assistant

Owen WalstromStunts

Anthony Di NinnoVisual Effects

Jake RicePost Production Supervisor

Clint CarletonStunts

Jacqueline WestCostume Design

Maria Teresa BarbassoArt Direction

Dimitri CapuaniArt Direction

Federico CostantiniArt Direction

Ross DempsterArt Direction

Michael DinerArt Direction

Elena DubovaArt Direction

Daniela GiovannoniArt Direction

Doug HardwickArt Direction

Andrew LiArt Direction

Alessandro SantucciArt Direction

Luca TranchinoArt Direction

Dante FerrettiProduction Design

Elizabeth WilcoxSet Decoration

Alan D'AngerioHairstylist

Thomas NellenHairstylist

Monica HuppertMakeup Department Head

Thomas NellenMakeup Artist

Elaine L. OffersMakeup Artist

Newton Thomas SigelDirector of Photography

David TickellGaffer

Kimberly FrenchStill Photographer

Anthony G. NakonechnyjLighting Technician

Chris StreetAnimation Supervisor

Jana MacDonaldCostume Supervisor

Carolyn BentleySet Costumer

Grant Van Der SlagtSupervising Art Director

Marco BeltramiOriginal Music Composer

Anne CarrollHair Department Head

Diane HolmeHairstylist

Janice RhodesHairstylist

Forest SalaKey Hair Stylist

Tanya HudsonMakeup Artist

Candice StaffordMakeup Artist

Toby LindalaMakeup Effects Designer

Laurel BergmanAssistant Art Director

Peter BodnarusAssistant Art Director

David ClarkeAssistant Art Director

Anthony FranciscoConceptual Design

Brian CunninghamConceptual Illustrator

Keith LauConceptual Illustrator

Sebastian MeyerConceptual Illustrator

Vicki PuiConceptual Illustrator

Doug HardwickConstruction Coordinator

Ben MauroCreature Design

Dan SissonsProperty Master

Mira CavenoSet Designer

Geoff WallaceSet Designer

Steven J. WinslowAerial Camera Technician

Dylan GossAerial Director of Photography

Ronald HerseyAerial Director of Photography

Anthony G. NakonechnyjChief Lighting Technician

Don McCuaigSecond Unit Director of Photography

Brian PearsonSecond Unit Director of Photography

Russell HawkesDolly Grip

Ryan MonroDolly Grip

Kim OlsenKey Grip

Tony WhitesideKey Grip

Mark G. AlexanderLighting Technician

Dan FraserLighting Technician

James M. JacksonLighting Technician

Christian SchauzLighting Technician

Jon L.J. HelgasonLighting Technician

Amelia DoescherLighting Technician

Jarrod TiffinRigging Gaffer

Martin KeoughRigging Gaffer

Ian GunsTechno Crane Operator

Matt AlmasRigging Grip

Scott Andrew ArmstrongRigging Grip

Troy BassettRigging Grip

Adam BunzRigging Grip

Natasha DenisRigging Grip

Jesse FrankRigging Grip

Rod HaneyRigging Grip

Christopher HarveyRigging Grip

Scott KozakRigging Grip

Josh LovigRigging Grip

Daryl MakortoffRigging Grip

Brad MearRigging Grip

Niel RasmussenRigging Grip

Kevin McCloyRigging Grip

Stacy CaballeroAssistant Costume Designer

Karin NosellaAssistant Costume Designer

Koreen HeaverCostume Coordinator

Carole GriffinCostume Coordinator

Kevin ChenCostume Illustrator

Gloria ChanSeamstress

Wendy FosterSeamstress

Pamela CameronSet Costumer

Kelsey WheelerAerial Coordinator

Kerry HansenAnimal Wrangler

Joanne BentleyAnimal Wrangler

Lee Anne MuldoonUnit Publicist

Farhad Yusufi3D Generalist

Rishikesh Nandlaskar3D Modeller

James KinningsAnimation Director

Charles Abou AadCG Supervisor

Daniele BigiCG Supervisor

Pete DionneCG Supervisor

David ApgarLead Animator

Matt KowaliszynLead Animator

John SungLead Animator

Jason ScottLighting Supervisor

Kevin LinMatchmove Supervisor

Rpin SuwannathPre-Visualization Supervisor

Vikki ChapmanStereoscopic Coordinator

Dipin NairStereoscopic Coordinator

Nick ThompsonStereoscopic Coordinator

Craig SheppardVFX Editor

Monette DubinVisual Effects Coordinator

Syed Arafath ApsarVisual Effects Coordinator

Anuradha BeheraVisual Effects Coordinator

Elena BovettiVisual Effects Coordinator

Ann ChowVisual Effects Coordinator

Crystal ComptonVisual Effects Coordinator

Nicole DuncanVisual Effects Coordinator

Jack GeorgeVisual Effects Coordinator

Sheila GirouxVisual Effects Coordinator

James GreigVisual Effects Coordinator

James GrummittVisual Effects Coordinator

Ashlyn HardieVisual Effects Coordinator

Neh JaiswalVisual Effects Coordinator

Zafar JanjuaVisual Effects Coordinator

Chris JesticoVisual Effects Coordinator

Maria Ximena LozanoVisual Effects Coordinator

Victor F. MedelVisual Effects Coordinator

Gretel NgVisual Effects Coordinator

Christopher PalesVisual Effects Coordinator

James PurdyVisual Effects Coordinator

Chris RaiskupVisual Effects Coordinator

Tom RubendallVisual Effects Coordinator

Kasey SimpsonVisual Effects Coordinator

Ashley J. WardVisual Effects Coordinator

Monet Sheree FunkeVisual Effects Coordinator

Claudia LiVisual Effects Coordinator

Sarosh MistryVisual Effects Coordinator

Ryan HeelanVisual Effects Coordinator

Mark StoryVisual Effects Coordinator

Lisa PapadopoulouVisual Effects Coordinator

Andreas WielandVisual Effects Coordinator

Jeremy BradleyVisual Effects Editor

Martin Allan KlonerVisual Effects Editor

Zack MazerolleVisual Effects Editor

Joel ThompsonVisual Effects Editor

Michael HardenVisual Effects Editor

James NooraniVisual Effects Editor

Garrett WilsonVisual Effects Editor

Zeke MoralesVisual Effects Editor

Denise DavisVisual Effects Producer

Justin GladdenVisual Effects Producer

Karey MaltzahnVisual Effects Producer

P. Whitney GearinVisual Effects Producer

Lena ScanlanVisual Effects Producer

Liz RobertsVisual Effects Producer

Kim LeeVisual Effects Producer

Ian CopeVisual Effects Producer

Tomi NieminenVisual Effects Producer

Nicolas AithadiVisual Effects Supervisor

Mark BreakspearVisual Effects Supervisor

Erik NordbyVisual Effects Supervisor

Don LeeVisual Effects Supervisor

Greg SteeleVisual Effects Supervisor

James TottmanVisual Effects Technical Director

Nick LawsonPyrotechnician

Rashmi SalviSpecial Effects Coordinator

Glynna GrimalaADR Supervisor

Robert McDonaghBoom Operator

Darryl MarkoBoom Operator

Michael HertleinDialogue Editor

Stefano MascittiDialogue Editor

Stephanie BrownFirst Assistant Sound Editor

Shelley RodenFoley

Jody ThomasFoley

Tom OzanichSound Designer

Flávio MedeirosSound Designer

Laurent KossayanSound Designer

Jeremy PeirsonSound Designer

Bryan BowenSound Editor

Michael KellerSound Re-Recording Mixer

Mike Prestwood SmithSound Re-Recording Mixer

Thomas JonesSupervising ADR Editor

Laurent KossayanSupervising Sound Editor

Jeremy PeirsonSupervising Sound Editor

Ian SullivanDigital Intermediate

Travis FlynnDigital Intermediate

Rudy LopezDigital Intermediate

Thom KyleFirst Assistant Editor

Robert MalinaFirst Assistant Editor

Matt WillardFirst Assistant Editor

Steve DurkeeMusic Editor

John FinkleaMusic Editor

Peter AftermanMusic Supervisor

Curt SobelMusic Supervisor

Margaret YenMusic Supervisor

Michael KahnEditor

Jim PageEditor

Paul RubellEditor

John DykstraVisual Effects Designer

Robert HoffmeisterVisual Effects Supervisor

Lee-Anne TelfordStunt Double

Mitra SuriStunts

Melissa R. StubbsStunts

Jodi StecykStunts

Crystal MudryStunt Double

Marny EngStunts

Maciej KuciaraConcept Artist

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Reviews

by Frank Ochieng

The mundane medieval movie ‘Seventh Son’ is indicative of the cinema wasteland that the beginning of a brand new movie season trudges in after the New Year arrives. In any event, ‘Seventh Son’ is in good company (or is that bad company?) with flaccid fare such as the sci-fi eyesore ‘Jupiter Ascendi...

by Per Gunnar Jonsson

This is a good, solid fantasy adventure. It is not a “wow great” kind of movie but definitely enjoyable to watch, at least if you are a fan of fantasy, magic, dragons and such like. The movie is based on a book which I have not read although I believe it is considered as a young adult book. The mo...